How concentrated America's solar generating sites really are, by metro
U.S. energy and data centers · Data as of
· ALEX Intelligence
20.8%Share of America's Solar Generating Sites in Its Top Three Metros — Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
#
Metro
Solar Generating Sites
1
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
37
2
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
33
3
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
27
4
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
20
5
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
19
6
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
19
7
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
17
8
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
16
9
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
15
10
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
14
Methodology
Source:
U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022, NAICS 221114 (Solar electric power generation)
Measure
Solar Generating Sites, ranked highest first across all U.S. metros
(49 ranked in total).
How the headline figure is computed
The top three units' combined count divided by the combined count of all 49 ranked units.
Universe
Places below a 5,000-resident floor are excluded so a median computed on a handful of households cannot top the ranking.
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